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[Time2000_t20 0211] Re: Student Teaching Placement Info ANOTHER NEW SCHOOL
by Naomi Weinman 05 May '20

05 May '20

Dear Future Math Methods Students, I continue to hope that you are all well. Another school is now available to add to your choice list for student teaching placement. The school is H. Frank Carey in the Sewanhaka School District. The placement is with a math special ed teacher so this would be a good placement if you are considering getting certified in special ed at a later time or if you just want to learn more about differentiated instruction. However, the teacher's schedule for next school year is not yet known so I do not know if this will be a middle school or high school placement. Given this situation, the placement is currently open to all methods students and as soon as the teacher has her schedule for next year, I will be able to place the appropriate candidate. If you would like to add this school to your request list, please reply to this email with your name and what choice number (#1-5) the school should be on your list. Sincerely, Mrs. Weinman Subject: RE: Student Teaching Placement Info NEW SCHOOLS Dear Future Math Methods Students, I continue to hope that you are all well. Thank you for submitting the placement request forms. If I did not receive your form, I have emailed you; if you did not receive such an email, rest assured that your requests have been received. There are two additional schools that may be available. If you would like to add the schools to your request list, please reply to this email with * Your name and email address * The name of the school and what choice number (#1-5) it should be on your list. The two schools are * BTECH (Business Technology Early Career HS, 230-17 Hillside Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11427) * World Journalism Preparatory School, 34-65 192nd St, Flushing, NY 11358. This school has grades 6-12 so can be requested for BOTH MS AND HS placements. Sincerely, Mrs. Weinman From: Naomi Weinman Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 1:59 PM Subject: Student Teaching Placement Info Dear Future Math Methods Students, I hope you and your families are well and able to stay safe. Given the many disruptions caused by the coronavirus, you may be wondering about your student teaching placements for next year. Instructions follow below but are a little different this year. In the past, schools were surveyed first, committed to student teacher placements, and then included on the list of choices for you. This year, you are being surveyed before the schools are asked to take student teachers because the schools are overwhelmed with changes right now and because they do not yet know what next school year will bring. After I receive your placement requests, I will reach out to the schools. The list of schools is based on the schools that agreed to host student teachers for the current semester. This coming fall semester, you will complete your observations for the methods course at the schools where you will student teach during the spring semester. I will arrange your placements based on your answers to the questionnaire found at Student Teaching Placement Form for Spr2021<https://forms.gle/9me5GiEYi4mudWzH7>. Please complete the questionnaire by April 28, 2020, to avoid delay in your placement. Replies submitted after that date will be processed in the order they are received. NOTE: Observations for the Methods course are separate from and, most likely, at a different school than the observations you will do for ICE. You will receive your placement information after the start of the fall semester. I will be in contact between now and then if more information is needed from you or if other schools become available; please be sure to check your email and reply in a timely manner. Please let me know if you have any questions. Information about the schools listed on the form can best be found on the schools' websites. I look forward to receiving your completed forms on time. Sincerely, Mrs. Weinman Naomi Weinman TIME2000/SEYS Queens College, CUNY | 65-30 Kissena Blvd | Queens, NY |11367 (w) 718-997-5377 | (f) 718-997-5173 time2000.qc.cuny.edu<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Honors/Time2000/Pages/default.aspx> | Donate to TIME 2000<http://bit.ly/time2000>

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[Time2000_t20 0210] TIME 2000 Portfolio Assignment
by Naomi Weinman 04 May '20

04 May '20

Dear TIME 2000 Students, We hope you and your loved ones are all well. We know that many of you have suffered a great deal during this pandemic that hit us in the beginning of March 2020. Due to that reason, we did not want to give you a very demanding portfolio assignment, but rather substitute it with a document you can write and keep forever that records this historic time in your life. Clearly, among other things, this abrupt change to online instruction and learning has affected both your professors and you. Your professors have had to quickly adapt to online platforms they might have been totally unfamiliar with before that might not have even been aligned with their original course objectives. You, as students, have had to adapt to the many different platforms used by your different professors and try to incorporate learning strategies you have never used before. The main purpose of this "portfolio" is for you to document how your developing knowledge and beliefs about mathematics, students, and teaching and learning and your goals for instruction have been influenced by this most unusual year in TIME 2000. You will do this by answering the assigned questions to the best of your ability. The assignment with grading rubric is posted on the TIME 2000 Google Classroom page. All work should be uploaded to Classroom. The due date is June 12, 2020. We hope that writing this will be a positive reflective experience for you and we eagerly look forward to reading what you have to say. Alice F. Artzt Professor of Mathematics Education Co-Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Secondary Mathematics Education Director of TIME 2000: A Math Teaching Scholarship Program Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services Powdermaker Hall, Room 150E Queens College of the City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367-1597 Office phone: 718.997.5169 Office fax: 718.997.5154

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[Time2000_t20 0209] TIME for the weekend
by Naomi Weinman 01 May '20

01 May '20

Dear TIME 2000 Family, As a new month has started and the pandemic continues, I give you words of inspiration from Jon Bon Jovi from his new song: When you can't do what you do, you do what you can. Song lyrics are below, link to performance is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Q2Dm0Ebb0 I wish you patience and perseverance, rest and relaxation this weekend. Do what you can. Sincerely, Mrs. Weinman Naomi Weinman TIME2000/SEYS Queens College, CUNY | 65-30 Kissena Blvd | Queens, NY |11367 (w) 718-997-5377 | (f) 718-997-5173 time2000.qc.cuny.edu<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Honors/Time2000/Pages/default.aspx> | Donate to TIME 2000<http://bit.ly/time2000> Jon Bon Jovi new song, "Do What You Can" Tonight they're shutting down the borders, and they boarded up the schools Small towns are rolling up the sidewalks, one less paycheck coming through I know you're feeling kind of nervous, we're all a little bit confused Nothing's the same, this ain't a game, we've got to make it through When you can't do what you do, you do what you can This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send Round here we bend but don't break, down here we all understand When you can't do what you do, you do what you can As we wait outside the window, older loved ones stay inside Moms and babies blowing kisses, maybe saving someone's life They had to cancel graduation, it ain't fair to scrap the prom Our kids sit home in isolation, evening news is always on When you can't do what you do, you do what you can This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send Round here we bend but don't break, down here we all understand When you can't do what you do, you do what you can They built a hospital on East Meadow in Central Park last night Doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery store clerks manning the front line I saw Red Cross on the Hudson They turned off the Broadway lights Another ambulance screams by There by the grace of God go I So love yourself and love your family Love your neighbor and your friend Ain't it time we love the stranger It's just a friend you ain't met yet We're going to get through this together Until I see you once again When you can't do what you do, you do what you can This ain't my prayer, it's just a thought I'm wanting to send Round here we bend but don't break, down here we all understand When you can't do what you do, you do what you can When you can't do what you do, you do what you can

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